The Emperor of Japan - a poem by Richard Williams

A long-distance drive, in time as well as space, from the imperial palace in Edo across Asia to Iran.

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For the poem by Richard Williams, find it and other gems in his book THE ROAD TO PARADOX, ISBN 978-1-7393156-4-1
Which combines his writing with many illustrations of his own original artwork, paintings, drawings, and collages incorporating photographs and scanned text.

A bit more about the video:
A serio-comic search for almond oil and saffron - and all the fleeting pleasures of this life..... which ends in the ancient Persian mosques of Isfahan.
Richard Williams reads his own words engagingly and A long distance drive, in time as well as space, from the imperial palace in Edo across Asia to Iran.

To see and hear more poems read and visualised, go and subscribe to my channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOv6fadMH0OkZyjxuAjOGvw
For ‘non-virtual’ poems go to the books on my website https://rogerdennis.co.uk
Hear more of my music on https://www.youtube.com/@GORSEforDINNERmusics
and https://on.soundcloud.com/un2Ki0E96r77BKJatl

For the poem by Richard Williams, find it and other gems in his book THE ROAD TO PARADOX, ISBN 978-1-7393156-4-1
Which combines his writing with many illustrations of his own original artwork, paintings, drawings and collages incorporating photographs and scanned text.

A bit more about the video:
A serio-comic search for almond oil and saffron - and all the fleeting pleasures of this life..... which endsin the ancient Persian mosques of Isfahan.
Richard Williams reads his own words engagingly and dramatically.
Visuals include a range of antique Japanese woodblock prints and paintings ranging from the 17th Century to the early 20th by such artists as Hokusai, and the early Edo period Yūsetsu Kaihō.

Visuals include a range of antique Japanese woodblock prints and paintings ranging from the 17th century to the early 20th by such artists as Hokusai, and the early Edo period Yūsetsu Kaihō.